Above all else, developers are looking for certainty and speed.

This will, in turn, allow them to create refined, client-specific designs which are every bit as aesthetically pleasing and unique as buildings designed by traditional methods.We also believe there will be a shift in where we think creativity is best placed within the architectural process.

Our Creative Technologies team - the vast majority of whom are architects - know that developing the algorithm and computational design is as much a part of the creative design process as sketching something.. M for Manufacture in DfMA: The move to a manufacturing mindset.We have already seen our PRiSM to Platforms digital workflow deliver tremendous improvements to the procurement and payment process.As soon as we have a design we like, we can instantly generate a data model.

This information gives us all the bill of materials quantities we’ll need for the project, and from this data set we can also create the BIM models (ie.the BIM model is one ‘view’ of the data set, not the other way round).

What’s more, as we move further into a construction Platforms space, we will increasingly see the data set of a design able to talk directly to the manufacturing marketplace.

This means we’ll be able to access instantly both the cost and availability of a project’s components.Additionally, it would also provide a timeframe to prove what we’re doing, collect the data to demonstrate the opportunity, and work together to shape the next steps of the journey.

Ultimately, a mandate would create leverage, commitment and confidence as the industry moves towards change, with the government then able to look to build this into future frameworks, or to pursue new mechanisms for procuring our buildings.. Shaping the future of construction.The next five years will be an exciting time for construction, as we continue to lean into this significant shift.

We have to recognise that it will be a process of iteration and development, and that we must bring everyone along on the journey with us.Trudi Sully says that when looking back at where we’ve been so far, of course there are things which could have been done differently, but she reminds us that the point of learning, development and feeding back, is that it enables us to refine and make valuable changes over time.